it's Christmas time!

i had a wonderful Christmas today and Christmas Eve last night. I worked until 5 pm yesterday and had to work at 1 pm today, so my parents came to waco yesterday evening and spent Christmas here! it was so nice to have my parents at my place. the rest of my family was going to come here as well but decided they would stay home and saturday, when i get to houston, we will have a mini-Christmas with all of us.

but, my parents got here around 4 pm yesterday and met me at my work. at 5 pm, we left and came back to my place and began cooking for dinner. i made (yes i cooked!) chicken tortilla soup and a spicy chipotle dip with crackers for us. and guess what?? i didn't burn anything! then we sat down to watch tv and hang out. that didn't last long. we were all too excited to be together that we couldn't wait til Christmas morning to open gifts. we had all the gifts open by 8 pm! it was super exciting and fun! i got some really nice things for Christmas and i think my parents were excited and really liked the things i got for them.

afterwards, we actually decided that opening the gifts that night was a great idea so we could sleep in the next morning. and we did. we were all actually not up til about 11 am. so we had some pigs n a blanket that i had made the night before and just sat around watching tv and playing with the dogs until i had to leave for work and my parents for home. and did i mention that i had FOUR dogs in my apartment this whole time??? yes, my parents brought their two dogs, tiny and buddy. rex and bo were in heaven though because they all love to play with each other.

then came 1 pm and it was time to leave. i already miss my parents and the rest of my family, but i will see them saturday and then spend a whole week stuck on a cruise boat with all of them! and actually i'm really excited about going on the cruise.

i hope everyone had a Merry Christmas too!